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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 12, 1939
GERMAN FOOD SHORTAGE
Daily Market Disputes: Grumbling Women Arrested
Prices Rocket
In Berlin
Rocketing prices and acute shortage of food- stuffs in Berlin are now giving rise daily to angry scenes in the public markets.
Violent disputes constantly take place between wholesalers and small retailers, and between the retailers and housewives who come to the stalls and
do their marketing.
In most cases the disputes are due j^annot do so unless they also take to shortage of fats, meat and other 'arge quantities of spinach, cab- foodstuffs. In others they are on "ages, turnips and carrots. These account of what is known as "couple "renvently rot before they can be selling."
disposed of.
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BOYCOTT FEAR
Many street traders' have been forced by this practice to give up the sale of fruit altogether.
GERMAN TECHNICIANS NEAR GIB.
More than 100 German techni- clans who are responsible for plan- ning the fortifications which now encircle Gibraltar were entertain- ed to a dinner at the Hotel Cria- tina in Algeciras recently by Spanish Nationalist engineers and Army officers.
The Germans later left for Car- tagena, the Spanish naval base.
It is reported that they will now plan fortifications for Spain's Mediterranean coastline.
CONSCRIPTION
OFFICIAL RECEIVER HAD HARD LIFE IN 1938
"NO LARGE INSOLVEN- CIES" CAUSED A DIFFER- ENCE OF $16,763.14 IN THE AMOUNT RECEIVED AS OFFI- CIAL RECEIVER'S COMMIS- SION DURING 1938; RECEIPTS FROM THIS SOURCE OF $20,000 WERE ESTIMATED, BUT,THE ACTUAL AMOUNT RECEIVED WAS ONLY $6,236.86.
Largely due to the increased population, receipts from the Betting
BILL IN COMMITTEE and Sweeps Tax and the Entertain-
London, To-day.
iment Tax showed substantial in- creases over the amounts originally
This practice is strictly forbid- den under police orders, which nre- scribe heavy penalties for contra- vention. It consists of refusing to sell commodities of which there is
In the House of Commons yester-estimated in the budget. Bigger a shortage unless the purchaser Retailers who were asked why day the Military Training Bill was sweeps also helped the former tax. also buys goods which he does they did not lodge complaints with further considered in committee. It was originally.estimated that a not want and for which there is no the police when they were faced For the second week in succes- total of about $120,000 would be re- demand.
with "commle selling”, renled that sion the business of the House next ceived from the Bets and Sweeps Tax they did so they would be bov-week will consist entirely of mea- and $225,000 from the Entertain- cotted by the wholesalers in every sures relating to defence, military ments Tax.
or civil.-British Wireless. Berlin market.
Small traders who wish to buy bananas or oranges. which are at present extremely rare in Germany,
FRED
ASTAIRE AND
GINGER ROGERS IN
The actual amounts received
in- were $238,274,89, an crease of $118,274,89, and $320,027.- 86, an increase of $95,027,86, respec- tively.
As result of the Legislative Coun- cil's resolution on December 15, 1937, under the Betting Duty Ordinance of 1931 to change the rate of duties from a sliding scale to a fixed rate of 2 per cent, with effect from April 1, 1938, an additional sum of $18,- 479,62 accesued to revenue.
AT LAST! A DRAMA
AS GREAT-AS THEIR, DANCING!
REFUSED TO DEFEND
HIS BROTHER
Hobbling into court on crutches, General Aranguren Roldan faced a court-martial at Barcelona.c
The general, who was Comman- der of the Barcelona Forces whe the Franco movement started in July, 1986; was sentenced to death.
THE "CRIME".
His crime, it was alleged, was that he had ordered the Civil Guard to fight against the Spanish, Army- at the beginning of the war thus - impeding the rapid incorporation
of Barcelona into Franco Spain."
It was also alleged, that he had given evidence against two-Franco officers who were executed by Re- publicans.
The General's own brother leutenant-colonel in Franeo's army -refused to defend him.
It was left to a vecond-lieutenant of the military legal department to plead unsuccessfully the ex- treme penalty might be a
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To-day being the anniversary of the Coronation of His Majesty King George VIvall ships of the Fleet are dressed in honour of the boda-
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